Complaint — No. 1:22-cv-02171 (Dkt. 1, N.D. Ohio)

Summary

A qui tam complaint under the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. § 3729 et seq., filed in camera and under seal on December 2, 2022 as Doc #: 1 in United States ex rel. Alexander Novik v. Cosmax BTI, Inc., et al., No. 1:22-cv-02171-BMB, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. The relator, an employee of Cosmax USA, alleges that the defendants, described as Korean-based cosmetics and nutritional supplements manufacturers, obtained $13,439,910.00 in PPP loans by concealing a network of at least 32 affiliated entities and underrepresenting headcount. The complaint states the government forgave $11,765,506.00 in principal and $158,915.72 in interest, trebled to $35,773,265.16. It also alleges immigration and tax schemes that it says made the defendants ineligible, and names Kyung-Soo Lee and Byung Joo Lee as individual defendants.

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